Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 Pauline Vauthier regards this as

Pauline Vauthier regards this as the first official vintage of the wine now part of the the family's portfolio

apple blossom and mint

(69% cabernet sauvignon

but when the wines are on – as they increasingly are – they merit considerable attention

spice and earth hints

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 Pauline Vauthier regards this asI loved the two 2005s from Clos du Caillou and this team knocked it out of the park in this vintage. The 2005 Chteauneuf du Pape les Safres is still inky colored, with fabulous aromas and flavors of sweet blackberries, currants, toasted spice, camphor and licorice. Full bodied, ripe and layered, with sweet tannin, this is a borderline fruit bomb that dishes out loads of pleasure. Much more open and exuberant than when I tasted it earlier this year, it